The difference
between Canadians and Americans is summed up by their respective responses to
going metric. A few years ago both governments decided their citizens should
convert. The Canadians did it. The Americans did not.

But living, as I do, on the border here on the US side,
I know for a fact that Canadians secretly harbor thinking in the old English
system. Their private thoughts are degrees Fahrenheit and pounds. The
difference is that the official temperatures in Canada are in Celcius and
weights are in kilos; but Canadians have become adept at making the
conversions in their heads. As time goes on, however, the younger Canadians
will think metric and the old fossils will be eclipsed.